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Saturday, 9 Apr 2005

Sat evening

Hey, I'm at work, I stopped by to get my laptop but decided to stay for a while.

Got an email from Hans. The company he is working for (Myrio) got bought by Siemens. That can only mean good things for them. Here's the article:

Siemens to Acquire Seattle's Myrio Corp.

I talked to Bill earlier, and also to Jen. I'm a little bummed about some stuff that didn't quite work out the way I planned . Going to hang out with Todd tomorrow night, that should be fun. He has been house-bound for quite some time with the new kid and all.

Talked to Bobby last night, they may come visit in a couple weeks, but it's very tentative.


Wedding

Of course one of the newsworthy events this weekend is the wedding of Charles and Camila



It was about time.

Sat morning

I have to go into work for a while today. Need to pick up my laptop and get ready for the various trips. I have an early flight tomorrow morning.

I think Bill is in Fostoria this weekend, he's still seeing Andrea

This week I learned Todd M. from work is moving to Chicago, I am bummed. He is such a talented person, it will be very difficult to replace him. You should check out his Flight Blog some time (under links on the right hand side)

Thursday, 7 Apr 2005

Thu night

Got an email from Jordi today, he is one of my best friends from back home, we went to great school and grew up together. Anyway, he is doing fine. He lives with Mariangels, his girlfriend. They had a kid, a little girl, a couple of years ago.

Wednesday, 6 Apr 2005

The Pope

Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) died at 21:37 pm on Saturday, April 2.

While the world waits for Pope John Paul II's successor to be named, there is inevitable speculation on how the late pontiff's 26-year reign will be remembered. I think he will be remember as one of the most important personalities of the 20th century. You can read a short biography at the Holy See's ("Santa Sede") official site:

Biography

Also in Spanish:

Biografia

Here's the homepage:

http://www.vatican.va

Between 15,000 and 18,000 people an hour are filing past the body of Pope John Paul as it lies in state in St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican said on Tuesday.

Some 400,000 people poured into area around the city state on Monday hoping to catch a glimpse of the dead Pontiff and at least another 600,000 are expected to come to the area around the basilica by the end of Tuesday, a Vatican statement said.

Officials are predicting another 600,000 for Wednesday.

Pope John Paul's funeral is set for Friday with Rome authorities braced for some 2 million visitors for the event.

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